'Don't Look Now'love scene was real sex between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie: Peter Bart

The graphic sex scene betweenDonald SutherlandandJulie Christiein"Don't Look Now"is about to become even more infamous.

A new book by former Variety editorPeter Bartclaims he saw the stars having real sex while they shot a bedroom scene inNicolas Roeg's 1973 thriller about a married couple dealing with the death of their child.

"Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob, (and Sex)"describes the author's visit to theVeniceset of“Don’t Look Now” when he was aParamount Picturesexecutive.

"{It's} a good day to come by,"Roeg told Bart at the time, according to theHollywood Reporter, which obtained an advance copy of the book.

Bart recounted his mind drifting off as he started watching the sex scene between the film’s stars, which included a controversial oral sex scene. When Bart turned back, the actors were naked.

"It was clear to me they were no longer simply acting: they were {having sex} on camera,"Bart wrote (though in considerably more graphic detail).

Roeg reportedly told Bart he didn't want to say"cut"too soon because he wanted to"have the coverage,"but Bart claimed he saw something"beyond coverage."

In the final version of the film, the lovemaking is intercut with scenes of Sutherland and Christie getting dressed to go out to dinner, which was reportedly Roeg’s attempt to accommodate censors at the time.

Nevertheless,Christie'sboyfriend at the time,Warren Beatty, reportedly demanded that the scene be reedited because of its graphic nature.

Sutherland's and Christie's reps could not be reached for comment.

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